Spinning-machine.



W. J. BEESEL.

SPINNING MACHiNE.

APPLlcATmN FILED JAN. 5. 191s.

Patented Apr. 30, 1.918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

\ I I Z5 W. J. BEISEL.

SPINNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FiLED 1AN.5.1916.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 SPINNING-MACHINE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 36, 1916.

Application filed January 5, 1916. Serial 1\To. l70,471.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, WILLIAM J. BersnL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful I mprovements in Spinning-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to spinning machines and has particular reference to a machine suitable for spinning grooves or beads on cylindrical bodies. The machine is especially suitable for spinning grooves in the necks of bottles such as are shown in my Patent No. 1,144,287 of June 22, 1915, and for securing or spinning on the collars of such bottles.

. The principal object of my invention is to provide a simple machine of this character which is efficient and easily manipulated.

The above and further objects and the novel features of the invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a spinning machine embodying my invention, parts thereof being shown in section;

Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively an enlarged detail, and an enlarged cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing the construction of the spinning jaws;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1'; and

Fig. 6 is a top view of the pivotal support for the spinning arms.

Referring to the` drawing, the reference numeral 10 designates a vertical portion of the machine frame, beingmounted on a base 11 and provided with an overhanging part Y 12 at the upper end having two laterally eX* tending bearing portions 13 and 14.

rl`he bottle B upon which the grooves are to be spun or the collar C is to be secured is supportedin a recess in the top face ofthe chuck member lwhich slides up and down in an opening 16 in the top part of the base v11. The upper end of the bottle fits into the opening 17 of a stationary chuck member 18 which latter is axially in line with the movable chuck member 15 which engages the bottom of the bottle. An adjustable nut 19 is secured in the top of the opening 17 to engage the cork Vof the bottle to press it into the mouth of the bottle. The stationary chuck 18 is Xedly secured as by a pin to the lower end of a cylindrical rod 2() which extends upwardly through the bearings 13 and 14 and is keyed against rotation by a key 21 in the bearing 14.

A. pair of spinning arms 22 and 23 are mounted on opposite sides of the rod 20, being pivoted as at 24 and 25 to the opposite arms 26 of a spinning arm support 27. rl`he spinning arm support 27 is connected by a tube 28 to a bevel gear 29. rlhe tube 28 is threaded into the support 27 and the gear 29 and surrounds the rod 20 and turns independently of the latter. The spinning arms 22 and 23 are therefore carried by the gear 29.

The ends of the arms 22 and 23 below the pivots 24 and 25 respectively carry the spinning devices, which are similar in all respects and only one of these devices will therefore be described. A portion of each spinning arm is of such a length that it terminates opposite that portion of the bottle in which the grooves are to be spun or upon which the collar C is to be secured. The lower end of each of the spinning arms has an inclined face 30 to which the jaws 31 of the spinning devices are secured by bolts 32. lt will be understood of course that the jaws 31 might be made integral with the arms 22 and 23. The outer faces 33 of the jaws 31 are curved andV shaped so as to conform to the shape to which the collar or the neck is intended to be spun. Each jaw has two vertically spaced recesses 34 and 35 which open at the face 33, leaving spinning faces 331 between the recesses and spinning faces 332 below the recesses. The faces between and on opposite sides of the rollers 36 are curved to iit the collar C and will smooth the parts of the collar adjacent the grooves formed by the rollers 36. A pair of rollers 36 is located in each of the recesses 34 and 35 and the rollers 36 project beyond the face 33 a slight amount in order to provide for spinning the grooves. `A bolt 37 passies through portions of the jaw member 31 and transversely through the recesses- 34. and 35. rlhe bolts 37 also extend through the rollers 36 in the recesses 34 and 35, so as to hold the rollers 36 in place and provide shafts upon which they may rotate. The spinning dies including the jaw members 31 and rollers 36 are preferably of tool steel to provide for long wear. When the spinning dies are in spinning position they are in line with one another andthe line joining the center )of lthe vrollers passes through the axis of the cylindrical rod! about which the dies rotate. It will be 5 seen that the jaws may be readily detached Vand renewed when desired without taking the arms down. The arms 22 and have portions 39 and 40 which extend 'above the Vpivots 24jV and 25 and are provided with Vop- 10 positely disposed cam surfaces 41 and 42 which arev inclined downwardly and inwardly towardthe axis of the rod 26. The extreme upper yends of the parts 39 and 40 are disposed in recesses 43 in the under side of the bevel gear 29 and are provided -with transverse slots 44 to receive thepins 45`whereby they are secured to the gear 29 to vrotate therewith. The slots 44 allow a smalljamount of movement lof the arms 22 and 23, sutiicient to throw the extreme lower ends thereof and the rollers thereon into engagement with the bottle or other article to be spun. Thelower ends of the arms22 l and 23 Ywith the jaws androllers are normally-held 'spaced apart by springs 46 located abovethe pivots 24 and 25 and at- 'tached to each. side of the arms 22 and 23.

The lower ends of the arms 22 and 23 A may be pressed inwardly by means of a 30, curved lever 47 pivoted lat 48 and connect- Y ed by ailink 49 to the arm 50 of a cam Yoperating fork51. The members 50 and 51 move togethenand are bivoted at-52 on `the frame member -10.

"53 cfa circularcam member 54. The cam @member 54`has a central opening 55 to lit the exterior of thetube member 28 and'is adaptedto slide along the latter. yOnep- 401p`osite sides of its center the cam member 754 alsofhas openings 56 land 57 vto receive theouter ends'39 and 40 of the spinningl farms-22 and k23. YCam projections 41 and .42 on thearms 39 and `40are engaged by correspondi-ngly inclined surfaces in the l Y `openings'56 and 57 and-it will be readily vv`seen thatwhen the cam 54 is moved downnwardly the arms will be pressed outwardly i and thereby press'the vparts of the arms 22 l and l23 below the rpivot-s inwardly toward Ithe-container Bj Thesprings 46 holdthe 'coperating cam surfaces on the'cam 54 and thermembers 39 and 40 in contact so'thatY I fis driven bya belt V62 yfrom the loosepulf 'ley63-carriedbyfthefshaft 64. Theshaft 64y has one end mounted in the base 11`and The cam fork 51 has arms which extend into the outer groove the'other end is mounted in the outer bearing 65'ofthe frame member 10 and is driven by a pulley or other suitable driving means 66. The loose pulley 63 rotates with the shaft 64 when the clutch member 67 is in engagement with the wheel 63. The clutch member 67 is splined on the shaft 64 and has a grooved boss carrying a collar 68. A link 69 is connected to the collar 68 and shifts the clutch member 67 into and out of contact with the loose pulley 63. The link 69 is operated by means of afoot lever 70 pivoted at 71 and provided with an arm 72. to which the link 69 is pivoted. The foot lever 7() also carries a roller 73 which engages the lower end of a rod 74 connected to the chuck member 15. The distance between the chuck members 15 and 1S may be varied to take bottles-of different sizes.

The operation of the device will be apparent from the foregoing description. When the bottle B has been set on the chuck member 15, the latter is raised by depress- .ing the foot lever 70. T his moves the bottle upwardly until the upper end of the neck thereof fits int@ the stationary clutch member 1S, and simultaneously with this movement the clutch member 67 is thrown into engagement with the pulley 63. This starts the rotation of the gear 29 and the spinning arms connected therewith. The lower vends ofthe spinning arms can then be gradually closed or moved inwardly'by depressing the lever 47 Vandmeved outwardly when desired by raising the lever 47.

While I have shown and described the construction in detail I do not wish to'be limited to the precise forms or arrangements as it is obvious that various changes may be made therein without departing -from the spirit of the invention.

Having described the invention what is claimed is:

1. In a machine for simult-aneously'forming parallel rings on a container orapart thereof, the combinationl of a support for a container, a spinning device having ffaces adapted to engage said containerV orapart thereof and rollers on oppositesides of one of said faces for engaging said container or a part thereof, means for rotating" the spinning device and container relatively to'and in engagement with each other 4'whereby parallel rings are simultaneously formed on the container or part thereof.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a frame having 'an overhanging part, a stationary verticalshaft mounted in said overhanging part, a chuck fixed on the. lower end of said shaft, a vertically adjustable chuck coperating with Y said fixed chuck, a gear rotatable about said shaft, a spinning arm `support'connected to said gear and rotatable therewith around said'shaft, spinning armsl pivoted on said Lacasse support, spinning devices carried by said arms, operating means, means for simultaneously raising the adjustable chuck and connecting the operating means to said gear to rotate the latter and the spinning devices, and means for moving thev spinning devices toward and away from the container held by said chucks.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a pair of non-rotatable chucks mounted axially in line on a vertical axis and adapted to hold a container between them, a gear rotatable about said vertical aXis, a spinning arm support carried by said gear and rotatable therewith, spinning arms pivoted intermediate their ends on said support, spinning rollers mounted on the lower ends of said arms, a cam ring between said gear and support and rotatable therewith but also movable along said vertical axis, said ring having openings therein to receive the upper ends of said arms and adapted to rock said arms on their pivots to move the lower ends thereof and the spinning rollers thereon toward and from a container held by said chucks, means for driving the gear and parts connected therewith, means for controlling the connection of the driving means to the gear and also for controlling the movement of the lower chuck, and means for controlling the movements of said cam ring.

4E. In a spinning machine, the combination of a bottle support comprising two axially f mounted chucks adapted to engage the ends of the bottle, one of said chucks being fixed and the other being movable, a pair .of arms Maples cf anla patent :may be obtained for pivotally mounted intermediate their ends,

spinning devices on the lower ends of said f arms, means for normally holding the spinning devices away from the bottle on said support, means for pressing the arms and spinning devices thereon against the bottle on said support, a gear above the pivots of said arms and connected to the upper ends of said arms, means for rotating said gear and means for controllingV said Vrotating means and the movable chuck.

5. In a spinning machlne for simultaneously forming two or more parallel rings on containers or parts thereof, a jaw member having spaced recesses in the working face thereof, rollers mounted in said recesses and a pin in said jaw passing transversely through the recesses and the rollers to hold the latter in place and constituting a shaft therefor.

6. In a machine for simultaneously forming two or more parallel circumferential rings about the neck of a bottle, the combination of a bottle support, a pivoted arm rotatable around the aXis of a bottle on said support, a plurality of vertically spaced rollers mounted on the lower end of said arm, means for pressing the lower end of said arm and the rollers thereon inwardly against the neck of a bottle on said support, and means for rotating said arm to simultaneously form vertically spaced parallel rings about the neck of a bottle on the support.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM J. BEISEL.

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